Faults:

Driver's side lock won't unlock from outside.

General Comments:

Reliable car purchased cheaply. Some things about it seem a little cheaply made, but it's mechanically solid. It has plenty of go power and drives nicely for a plain car. These things are ubiquitous around here. If my wife would drive a car that sits low I'd probably never get rid of it. The only thing I don't like is the fixed passenger side view mirror.

Faults:

I purchased the Lumina as my first "real" car. I only had about $2,500 to spend and going to a "shady" used car lot was my first mistake. Can ran fine when we looked at it, was recently repainted, and overall was very solid.

After three weeks of driving I noticed the "oil pressure" light would "flicker" at idle. Replaced oil sending unit switch hoping that was the problem. It wasn't and a month and a half later she blew on me while driving home.

Luckily my dad is a mechanic and replaced the engine free of cost, but ever since I got it back it doesn't run as well as it did the first weeks since purchase.

Prior to the engine failure I had to replace the rear struts and gas tank due to a leak. Currently there is a knock coming from the transmission that starts when it gets warm and mostly at idle.

Other than that it's driving OK. Just trying to limp it along till I get enough money to buy my next car.

General Comments:

Overall a very comfortable and good-looking car. If the engine hadn't gone sour it would have been a excellent first car.

Ride is very smooth and interior gauges and switches are simple and easy to use.

I wouldn't buy another used 4 door sedan from Chevy, unless it had under 50k on it and is in good shape.

Although the engine went sour and the car still runs rough, I can't exactly blame GM for this. God knows what the previous owner drove like. It was a bad mistake on my part to buy a car from a used car lot where the highest car price on the lot is $4,500.

If I had to change something about the car I would ditch the bench seats. Although the chicks dig em.

Faults:

Engine blew at 190 000km.

Transmission blew at 200 000km.

Paint started peeling at 200 000km.

Turn signals stopped working at 180000km.

Interior is falling apart (i.e. the covers on the doors are falling off exposing the wooden surface underneath)

Rear-passenger side door broken at 201000km.

Gas tank leaking at 202000km.

General Comments:

Very unreliable.

Handles like a boat...

The engine struggles above 100km/h, needs a much better intake system.

Very weak audio system.

Faults:

Gasket went out on the cooling system causing a $1000.00 repair.

Brakes wear out a little quickly.

Driver's seat was poorly made.

General Comments:

I love this car other than I am 18 and attending college full time and this is typically a grandma or grandpa car.

The driver's seat supports have all broken. I don't think a quality issue as mush a health issue of the previous owener, but still very uncomfortable.

Takes everything I have thrown at it as stated above the brakes do wear quickly, but I drive like an escaped convict.

Overall the car has been very reliable. It has never once left me stranded. I live in Illinois and we have some very cold winters that the car sits outside all night in. Every morning I get up and she will ALWAYS fire right up.